自省、慎独是儒家提出的重要修身方法， 几千年来对人们修身养性、追求高尚的道德情操起到了巨大的促进作用， 今天仍是当代青年培育高尚的道德人格的重要途径。道德认识、道德情感、道德意志、道德信念、道德习惯等都与自省、慎独密切相关。 Self-examination and prudence are the important self-cultivation methods proposed by Confucianism. For thousands of years, they have played a tremendous role in promoting people’s self-cultivation and pursuit of noble moral sentiments. Today, it is still an important way for contemporary young people to cultivate noble moral personality. Moral awareness, moral emotion, moral will, moral conviction, moral habits and so on are introspective and cautious.